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Boxelder Bugs
A major pest of boxelder trees, also entering structures to overwinter.
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Centipede
Sometimes called “hundred-leggers,” some species can inflict a painful bite but it is not lethal.
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Clover Mite
Clove is one of the preferred hosts plants of this nuisance pest.
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Daddylonglegs / Harvestmen
Most often seen at harvest time, these are nuisance pests in and around structures.
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Earwig
The common name comes from a European superstition that they enter the ears of sleeping people and bore into the…
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Elm Leaf Beetle
A major pest of elm trees, and primarily a nuisance pest because they enter structures in the autumn to overwinter.
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Ground Beetles
Distribution generally on the ground, beneath something, throughout most of the United States.
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House Cricket
Often enter houses, where they can survive indefinitely. Primarily a pest east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Ladybug, Lady/Ladybird Beetle
Most species are highly beneficial.
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Millipede
Sometimes called “thousand-leggers” but usually have 30-90 pairs of legs.
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Pillbug
Sometimes called “roly-polies” because they roll up into a tight ball when disturbed.
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Sowbug
These land-dwelling crustaceans are arthropods but not insects.
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Springtail
Their common name comes from the fact that most species have a furcula/springlike structure which allows them to jump.
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Weevil
Several species enter structures primarily in the autumn and then leave in spring.